http://plaidstallions.com/gabriel/81.html The Lone Ranger was riding high in 1981 thanks to a popular Saturday morning Cartoon series...

While popular on our home turf, the Lone Ranger seemed to enjoy "rock star" status in Europe. Check out our archive here...

As much as the gorgeous Gabriel Lone Ranger action figure line was popular here, it was a massive success in Europe, where cowboy lore ...

Oh Legend of the Lone Ranger, you had such big ambition, you even knocked Batman out of the selection this year.

I never got any Best of the West or Gabriel Lone Ranger but I certainly remember their presence in the early 1970s wish books and i miss s...

For this year's last Friday feature, I bring you my favourite of all sections of PlaidStallions another volume of vintage toy s...

The Lone Ranger toyline is easily one of the nicest action figure lines of the 1970s if not all time and Gabriel Toys had some re...

1977 saw Gabriel Toys try an interesting experiment in action figures. Instead of licensing a hollywood movie, they sought to captilize ...

The brilliant Gabriel Toys Lone Ranger action figure line was a big hit in North America but it was also a smash in the UK, where is wa...

In 2013, we got a pretty disappointing Lone Ranger movie, just like we did in 1981. In 1981, we got a killer action figure line for...

Kusan may not be as well known as Ben Cooper or Collegeville for Halloween  and they certainly didn't get the "A" licen...

  Seeing as it's the site's birthday, it's no better time to drop a new installment in what is one of my favorites, vintage...

Although they were far past prime, Western action figures were still very much a viable commodity in the 1970s. I'd even be willi...

Who didn't love Puzzles in a can? American Publishing Corporation sure knew what kids liked in 1974, their collection included the D...